Chasing the Dream

There is nothing I love more than a millionaire story. Having the privileged needing to 'slum it' and having someone working their ass off show them the ropes of ordinary life clinches this as one of my favorites.

I loved Cade from the beginning before he was established as an MC. Brian; it took some time to warm up to him when he began the story as a party-animal looking for nothing more than a good time.

Having all your 'friends' abandon you when you can't pick up their tab anymore will change someone's perspective. Watching Brian discover himself was a journey I will read again. Very well done, Andrew Grey.

Chasing the Dream
A story that looked at first sight as a bad movie. Loosing everything you owns.
It was kind of sweet, it was....but there were lessons in it who were valuable.
A spoiled rich boy (Brian) and his opposite the hardworking poor boy (Cade)
When Brian rich life falls apart he found his savior in Cade. Both have their own problems.
Brain is lonely and feels unloved, he thought he had many friends but ones he is out of money and house and car he has nobody..... except Cade. Lovely warm helpful Cade his lifeline.
Cade has a brother, Philippe, with special needs and Cade is working his ass off to fulfill those needs. Philippe is just lovely and find in Brian another brother.
Brian and Cade grow to each other. They are sweet and endearing. But both have doubts about the future
Brian is challenged by his just deceased grandfather. A man who wants to learn his grandchild a lesson.....a hard lesson.....a life lesson.....
The way this is developed is just enlightened and for the best interest of all

Brian Paulson has always lived a life of luxury; he’s never had to work a day in his life.
Cade McAllister has never had anything; he’s had to work hard for everything he has ever wanted.
Brian lives a very idyllic life, he doesn’t work, he doesn’t really do much of anything except party and go out with his “friends”. Until one day he didn’t have anything, no money, no condominium, no fast car, nothing! And then, Brian had no “friends” either!
Cade lives from pay check to pay check. He never has any money to waste on anything. Cade works two jobs just to get by, by day Cade can be found working in a health club and by night he can be found waiting tables at Bartolome’s. When Cade isn’t working he’s looking after his developmentally delayed older brother Phillip so his mother can go to work.
Cade and Brian meet the day of Brian’s grandfather’s funeral. Cade had just had his wallet stolen and Brian turned around into the thief stopping him so Cade got his wallet back. That night Brian and his “friends” are at Bartolome’s for dinner with Cade as their waiter, when everyone left and Brian was paying the bill he discovers that none of his cards work. When he discovers that he also no longer has his car or his condominium Brian discovers that his so-called “friends” have no interest in helping him so he’s now for all intents and purposes, penniless and homeless!
After meeting Brian for all of a couple of minutes, Cade is the one who comes to Brian’s rescue and offers him a bed for the night. The next day when Brian meets with his grandfather’s lawyer he discovers that everything has been taken from him to teach him a lesson. The fact that his grandfather worked incredibly hard to earn the money that Brian spent like it was water. If Brian wants to inherit something meaningful he has to get himself a job, not ask his family for money, take what he has left over at the end of the week into his lawyer to show her he really does have a job.
It’s a huge wake-up call for Brian.
And so starts a time of discovery for Brian.
Cade offers to allow Brian to stay with him even though he only has a sofa for him to sleep on. Brian really doesn’t have any other options so he accepts and then he finds a job at the same health club Cade works at. Because Brian can’t get into his condo this means he doesn’t have any clothes to wear so Cade takes him clothes shopping at a second-hand store! Brian had no idea they even existed!
Please get your tissues ready! Andrew has done it again! The twists and turns of both Cade and Brian’s lives once they’re intertwined are truly eye opening. Some you expect and then there are others that come up and smack you on the back of the head and you just have to have a good cry! I’m not going to say anymore because I will be spoiling the book for everyone and you all need to read Chasing the Dream!!

I love Andrew Grey’s writing. I always have but Chasing the Dream is by far my most favorite book of his he’s ever written. Take that as HUGE because I adore his work. Where do I begin with this book?
Brian had everything, he was richer than rich. Never wanting for a thing and never knowing what a hunger pain was.
Cade grew up with wondering where his next meal would come from, caring for his special needs brother, and an ailing mother. He worked for everyone else his entire life.
Then fate brings them together and what happens from there had my mind in a spin, my heart fluttering, tears pouring down my face, and ALL. THE. SIGHS.
Rich man saving poor man is one of my favorite tropes. But in this instance it was poor man save rich man, then rich man save poor man. It was fairytalish in a way but there was so much reality to it it didn’t become at all cheesy. Brian and Cade’s characters were phenomenal in every way. Andrew wrote them flawlessly. And Phillip? Outstanding. I don’t know what research Andrew did but he nailed it. I’ve read many special needs characters that are very much written as carbon copies of each other, reading Phillip was a treat. The love Cade has with his brother is heartwarming and often brought me to tears.
The evolution of Brian and Cade’s story was breathtaking, emotional, and justified. Yeah, it felt like justice in the end and that was what I loved most about it.
So, yeah, this is the best Andrew Grey book I’ve ever read! Huge bravo! This is a must read. One of the best books of 2016!

The premise of this story is fascinating – Brian is a young man who has known nothing but wealth and privilege is suddenly thrown out on the street with nothing but the clothes on his back. His “friends” who he now discovers were hangers on looking for the next extravagant meal or generous gift, abandon him like water over the falls. There is only one person he can turn to for help.
Cade is a poor man who is working two jobs to support his mother and special needs brother. Being mugged for what little money he has is a disaster for Cade but he was fortunate enough to have been saved by Brian, who was passing by and didn’t like seeing anyone taken advantage of like that. When Brian comes to him for help Cade offers what he can, space to sleep and simple food to eat while Brian gets his feet under him.
What neither Cade nor Brian expect is that Cade will have to tutor Brian in how to find a job, get along with very little, and dispense with having opportunities handed to him easily. Even a trip to Goodwill to find clothes is humbling but also freeing for Brian.
As Brian works through a game he doesn’t even know the rules for, he reaches blindly for goals that will take him to the next level and perhaps return to him some of what he lost. Unexpectedly, Brian gathers knowledge and friends along the way and becomes a better man for it. He also falls in love, which is the sweet romance of the story.
I was completely taken in by Chasing the Dream, its somewhat mysterious plot and its heart-of-gold characters. This riches to rags and back again story is amazing and fun to read. The reader is also confused by the twists and turns of the story, which is part of the thrill of reading it. A great Andrew Grey story!